The glitches of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1RXS J170849.0--400910

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Accepted for publication in ApJ Main Journal on August 20, minor changes after referee's report. 27 pages and 6 figures

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10.1063/1.1781042

We report on a timing analysis of archival observations of the Anomalous X-ray Pulsar 1RXSJ170849.0-400910 made with the RXTE Proportional Counter Array. We detect a new large glitch (Delta nu / nu ~ 3 x 10^-6) which occurred between 2001 March 27 and 2001 May 6, with an associated large increase in the spin-down rate (Delta nudot/nudot ~ 0.3). The short time (1.5 yrs) elapsed from the previously detected glitch and the large amplitude of the new spin-up place this source among the most frequent glitchers, with large average glitch amplitudes, similar to those of the Vela pulsar. The source shows different recoveries after the glitches: in the first one it is well described by a long term linear trend similar to those seen in Vela-like glitches; in the second case the recovery is considerably faster and is better described by an exponential plus a fractional change in the long-term spin-down rate of the order of 1%. No recovery of the latter is detected but additional observations are necessary to confirm this result. Observed glitch properties are compared to those of radio pulsar glitches; current models are discussed in light of our results. It appears that glitches may represent yet another peculiarity of AXPs. Starquake-based models appear to be prefered on qualitative grounds. Alternative models can be applied to individual glitches but fail in explaining both. Thus the two events may as well arise from two different mechanisms.

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